Agents
Building contractor
Wates
Architects
Emberton, Franck & Tardrew
Engineers
Felix J. Samuely & Partners
Events
Committee approval date
Construction start date
Local authority
Original commissioning authority
Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council
Original location authority
Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council
Location
Postcode
EC1V 3SR
EC1V 3SN
EC1V 3SU
Other location names
Radnor Street; Galway Street
Estate name(s)
Pleydell Estate
References and links
Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1-1957, 108-9
Architect and Building News 31-12-1958, 871-7
Architect and Building News 17-8-1960, 217-18
Official Architecture and Planning 4-1959, 163-5
Official Architecture and Planning 4-1961, 105-8
The Builder 7-4-1961, 644-5
The Builder 20-3-1964, 597
Architectural Design 5-1961, 179
Original development name
Galway Street
Multi-storey block names
Grayson House L1736
Galway House L1737
Gastigny House L1849
Multi-storey block details
two 17-storey blocks containing 201 dwellings; one 6-storey block containing 29 dwellings
Postcode area
EC1V
Image dates
1988; 1988; 1988; 1982; 1987; 1987; 1988; 1988
Image details
View of Gastigny House; View of Grayson House; View of Grayson House and Galway House from Radnor Street with Gambier House in background; View of Grayson House and Galway House; View of Grayson House; View of Grayson House; View of Grayson House and Galway House; View of Gastigny House, Galway House, and Grayson House from North